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genderizeR (version 1.2.0)

Gender Prediction Based on First Names

Description

Utilizes the 'genderize.io' API to predict gender from first names extracted from a text vector. The accuracy of prediction could be controlled by two parameters: counts of a first name in the database and probability of prediction.

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install.packages('genderizeR')

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1.2.0

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MIT + file LICENSE

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Maintainer

Kamil Wais

Last Published

July 5th, 2015

Functions in genderizeR (1.2.0)

genderizeBootstrapError

Gender prediction errors on bootstrap samples
classificatonErrors

Calculating classification errors and other prediction indicators
givenNamesDB_titles

Gender data for titles sample
genderizeTrain

Training genderize function
genderizeAPI

Getting data from genderize.io API
findGivenNames

Getting gender prediction data for a given text vector.
givenNamesDB_authorships

Gender data for authorship sample
genderizeR

Gender Prediction Based on First Names
textPrepare

Preparing text vector for gender prediction
titles

Titles sample
genderize

Predicting gender for character strings.
numberOfNames

Number of names in the database.
authorships

Authorships sample
genderizePredict

Geder prredicting function